Collapsible hand bag or sack



(No Model.)

F. EMERIG. GOLLAPSIBLE HAND BAG 0R SACK.

Patented May 28, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK EMERIC, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COLLAPSIBLE HAND BAG OR SACK.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,928, dated May28, 1889.

Application filed December 12, 1888. Serial No. 293,365. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK EMERIC, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improved COI- lapsibleHand Bag or Sack; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

Hy invention relates to a collapsible hand bag or sack the mouth ofwhich can be closed by a draw-strin g when filled, and which is providedwith handles, by which it can be carried.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents the bag withthe mouth open to its full extent, with the handles on opposite sidesand the draw-cord running through the rings, by means of which it isclosed. Fig. 2 shows the mouth of the bag nearly closed and the bagempty and in a condition to be collapsed, with the draw-cords drawn outon each side and untied.

Let A represent a sack or bagwhich can be netted or knitted of any softflexible material. I prefer to net or knit the bag` with ordinarysizedmeshes, so that it will be elastic as Well as collapsible. The upper endor mouth of the bag or sack I make large, and I secure rings b b atintervals apart on the edge of its mouth. If the bag or sack is nettedor knitted, I secure these rings in the upper row of stitches. Adraw-cord, c, then runs through the rings and is provided on oppositesides of the bag or sack with balls or buttons d. Handles E E are alsosecured to the edge of the mouth on opposite sides of the bag or sack bymeans of clasps which embrace two of the rings on each side, as shown,so that when the bag or sack is closed it can be carried by the handles.By being knitted or made of soft flexible material the bag or sack isvery convenient, because it can be filled and carried readily by thehandles, and when empty can be collapsed and folded into a small space,so that it can be carried in the pocket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secu reby Letters Patent,

A bag or sack provided at its open end with rings, a draw-string passingthrough the said rings, and with handles E, eachV connected with two ofthe said rings, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK EMERIC.

Vitnesses:

EUGENE F. BERT, M. G. LoEELEE.

